双语阅读｜哪吒之魔童降世，火的背后是长期大量的精心创作

　　Chinese animators have been drawing inspiration from Chinese mythology ever since the country's first animated film, Princess Iron Fan in 1941, and in recent years its animated-film industry has released many hit films based on classic Chinese tales, such as Monkey King: Hero is Back in 2015, Big Fish & Begonia in 2016, and White Snake in 2019.

　　自1941年中国第一部动画电影“铁扇公主”以来，中国动画家们一直从中国神话中汲取灵感，近年来，动画电影业发布了几部基于中国古典故事的热门电影，如早在2015年的“孙悟空：大圣归来”，2016年的大鱼海棠和2019年的白蛇缘起。

　　mythology n. (统称) 神话； 某文化(或社会等)的神话； 虚幻的想法； 错误的观点；

　　Nezha, a legendary anti-authority figure as well-known in China as the Monkey King, is the subject of the latest feature, which officially opens in cinemas in China last Friday.

　　哪吒是一位传奇的在中国与孙悟空齐名的反权威人物，而本片是最新的主题，于上周五在中国的电影院正式开幕。

　　Nezha has earned rave reviews and is rated higher than Monkey King: Hero is Back. It is also China's first 3D animated feature film released in IMAX format.

　　哪吒之魔童降世获得的好评如潮，评分高于大圣归来。它也是中国首部以IMAX格式发行的3D动画长片。

　　rave v. 热烈谈论(或书写); (热情洋溢地) 奋笔疾书； 咆哮； 怒吼； 瞎扯； 胡说八道； n. (英国) 狂欢晚会；

　　Since July 13, previews of the film have taken more than 1.5 billion yuan at the box office and the film has a score of 8.8 points (out of 10) on China's largest filming rating site, Douban.

　　自7月13日以来，这部电影的预览票房收入超过15亿元人民币，该片在中国最大的电影评级网站豆瓣上的得分为8.6分（满分为10分）。

　　It took Jokalate Yang Yu, the film's director, and screenwriter, two years to refine the script of Nezha, and the film was in production for three years. It is the most complex animated production ever made in China.

　　电影导演兼编剧饺克力（杨宇）花了两年的时间来完善哪吒的剧本，这部电影已经制作了三年。这是中国制作的最复杂的动画作品。

　　screenwriter n. 电影剧本作家

　　Nezha has more than 1,300 special effects shots, and it took over 20 Chinese special-effects studios, employing more than 1,600 people, to realize the film's fairy tale setting, the mysterious Dragon King's palace, and a stunning fight between fire and water. One spectacular scene alone took two months to complete.

　　哪吒有超过1300个特效镜头，超过20个中国特效工作室参与，雇用超过1,600人，实现了电影的童话场景，神秘的龙王宫殿，以及火与水之间的惊艳战斗。仅一个壮观的场景就耗时两个月才能完成。

　　stun v. 使昏迷； (尤指) 打昏； 使震惊(或惊愕、目瞪口呆); 给(某人)以深刻印象； 使深深感动；

　　spectacular adj. 壮观的； 壮丽的； 令人惊叹的； n. 壮观的场面； 精彩的表演；

　　In the past, Nezha was known for his fight against patriarchy and autocracy. In Yang's film, he is fighting prejudice: Nezha is hated, feared and shunned as the reincarnation of a devil. But Nezha believes his fate is not predetermined and that he can choose to be a demon or a god.

　　过去，哪吒以反对父权和专制而闻名。在杨宇的电影中，他正反对这样的偏见：哪吒因为魔鬼的转世而被人憎恨，害怕和回避。但是哪吒认为“我命由我不由天”，他可以成为恶魔或是神。

　　patriarchy 英[petriɑki] 美[petriɑrki] n. 男性统治的社会(或制度、国家); 男权政治； 父权制；

　　autocracy 英[tkrsi] 美[tɑkrsi] n. 独裁政体； 专制制度； 独裁国家； 专制国家；

　　shun v. 避开； 回避； 避免；

　　

　　“生而为魔，那又如何？”哪吒这一经典形象和故事承载了多少青葱少年时代的美好回忆和叛逆燃烧的激情岁月，小编决定周末再去刷一遍。

　　同时也愿中国的动画电影事业蒸蒸日上，技术更加卓越，人设更加丰满，最重要是故事情节更加打动人心。

　　也希望导演和剧组在下一部电影中继续精心创作，奉献出更好的作品。

　　Some parts were adapted from South China Morning Post